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Date:      Tue, 25 Dec 2018 11:04:30 -0700
From:      Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
To:        Michael Chiu <null.yuuji@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question regarding diffs of ports that need UIDs and GIDs
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On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 10:41 AM Michael Chiu <null.yuuji@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi!
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> I=E2=80=99m creating a port which required to create a UID and GID to set=
 the right permission of files and to lower the permission when the program=
 start as daemon. I followed the Porter=E2=80=99s Handbook which mentioned =
how to create .diff files for the port.
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> However, it does not mention anything about what porter should do when th=
e UIDs and GIDs files were modified.
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> Should I create a single .diff file which contains both changes to the po=
rt and UIDs/GIDs files, or if I should create 3 diff files, one for the por=
t, one for the UIDs and one for the GIDs?
>
> Michael.

Hi Michael,

Great question! You can put all the changes into a single patch (make
sure to run diff from /usr/ports/). One diff makes it easier for
committers to see and apply the changes.

# Adam


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